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Common Name

Species Name

Distribution Across Midwestern States

OH

MI

IN

IL

WI

MN

IA

MO

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina serpentina

X

X

X

X

X

XSC

X

X

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macroclemys temminckii

 
 

XSE

XSE

 
 
X

XS2

Common Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

X

X

X

X

X

 

XST

X

Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens flavescens

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

XSE

Illinois Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens spooneri

 
 
 

XSE

 
 

XSE

XSE

Eastern Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum

 
 

XSE

X

 
 
 
 

Mississippi Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

X

Common Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

False Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica

XSI

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ouachita Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

Mississippi Map Turtle

Graptemys kohnii
 
 

X

X

 
 
 

X

Wood Turtle

Clemmys insculpta

 

XSC

 
 

XST

XST

XSE

 

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

XSI

XST

XSE

XSE

 
 
 
 

Western Chicken Turtle

Deirochelys reticularia miaria

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

XSE

Midland Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta marginata

X

X

X

X

X

 
 
 

Western Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta bellii

 
 
 

X

X

X

X

X

Southern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta dorsalis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

X

Missouri River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna metteri

 
 
 

XSE

 
 
 

X

Hieroglyphic River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna hieroglyphica

X
 

XSE

XSE

 
 
 

X

Red-eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

X

 

X

X

 
 

X

X

Blanding’s Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

XSI

XSC

XSE

XST

XST

XST

X

XSE

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

XSI

XSC

X

X

 
 
 
 

Three-toed Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina triunguis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

X

Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata ornata

 
 

XSE

X

XSE

 

XST

X

Midland Smooth Softshell

Apalone mutica mutica

X

 

X

X

XSC

XSC

X

X

Western Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera hartwegi

 
 
 
 
 

X

X

X

Eastern Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera spinifera

X

X

X

X

X

 
 
 

 

 

Legend
ST - State Threatened SE - State Endangered
SC - species of special concern/species of concern SI - species of special interest
  SX or EX - believed extirpated
For MO only S2 - imperiled
S3 - rare and uncommon S4 - widespread and abundant but of long term concern

 

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Bruce Kingsbury, Director

Center for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation and Management

Science Building

Indiana-Purdue University

2101 East Coliseum Blvd.

Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499

herps@ipfw.edu